No. 13,269 in German
ausgehebelt
"Ausgehebelt" means "overridden" or "nullified."
In a sentence
Die Sicherheitsmaßnahmen wurden von den Eindringlingen ausgehebelt.
The security measures were bypassed by the intruders.
Used in a passive sense, it denotes that the measures were rendered ineffective by an external force.
Durch cleveres Denken hat er die vorherigen Vereinbarungen ausgehebelt.
Through clever thinking, he overrode the previous agreements.
Here, it refers to intellectually or strategically bypassing regulations or agreements.
Der Mechanismus wurde manipuliert und dadurch ausgehebelt.
The mechanism was manipulated and thereby disabled.
It illustrates a technical sense where something is rendered non-functional or inert.
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